Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Feb 3, 2024 8:47:26 GMT -5
Imagine if he just beats down Rock like Brock did Cena? That worked because Brock is an absolute monster and had the cardio to work those two matches. It won't work with a roided up Rock with show muscles getting gassed walking down the ramp.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 3, 2024 8:49:48 GMT -5
The probability of him getting injured is so high it’s unintentionally kind of hilarious. When rock came back i thought they’d do a tribal warfare nodq match to cover up for rocks state ala Austin/KO. Now? Pfft f***. I dunno. A lot of stalling? It’s not even taking into consideration that Roman ain’t exactly bulletproof either. Roman could go Shawn-in-Hogan/HBK. Shit, what are the odds he gets hurt before the match?
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Feb 3, 2024 9:16:21 GMT -5
-staredown for 5 min -Side headlock, Roman talks to the camera about Black Adam and the Tooth Fairy or some shit -Roman gets up and walks around and soliloquies around for a while -Rock kinda halfway gets a comeback and slams Roman through an announce table -Ref gets knocked down -Rock hits finishers and counts but the ref is knocked down!!!!!! -Jimmy and Solo interfere -Spear, Roman wins -Heel world champion retains through 4th straight Wrestlemania main event Hell they can pad it out even more with Roman's 20 minute long entrance. Maybe even 40 minutes if Dwayne cuts one of his "Food + Swear Word and/or Body Part = Insult" copy and paste promos!
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Post by floundertime on Feb 3, 2024 9:18:05 GMT -5
Never mind a match. When he interrupted jinder, he was sucking wind so hard, the front rows nearly passed out from oxygen deprivation. You have to remember that when Jinder enters the room it sucks the air out of the room. With no air in the room that made it tough for Rock to breathe.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Feb 3, 2024 9:18:47 GMT -5
The Rock currently has movie friendly muscle, which is basically useless. There's absolutely no way he gets the cardio in for a Mania match in 2 months.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 3, 2024 9:38:39 GMT -5
The Rock currently has movie friendly muscle, which is basically useless. There's absolutely no way he gets the cardio in for a Mania match in 2 months. And even if he does, there’s no way he doesn’t get hurt in the match.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 3, 2024 9:42:30 GMT -5
No worries, he's training at the Shane McMahon Cardio Academy.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 3, 2024 10:04:30 GMT -5
I don't know if it'll be a mat classic, but Steve Austin had a perfectly enjoyable match that was 14 minutes just two years ago. There's no real reason why, with plenty of time to prepare, they can't choreograph a serviceable match that is elevated by the occasion. Austin isn’t in shape to wrestle a full schedule or anything but going by his Instagram, he still takes care of himself and is in great shape for a guy his age. Rocky is just built to be as big and impressive-looking as possible which is great for the movies but we saw how it played out in the ring over a decade ago. They could find a way to make it work, sure…but it’s a much different animal than the Austin match.
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 3, 2024 10:05:09 GMT -5
Every Samoan that can still move will interfere. Hell I'm halfway expecting somebody's half uncle twice removed to show up in a wheel chair and start throwing pineapples. This match will eat up like 50 minutes of the card and have 2.5 minutes of Rock vs Roman wrestling alone.
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Post by J is Justice on Feb 3, 2024 10:27:43 GMT -5
-staredown for 5 min -Side headlock, Roman talks to the camera about Black Adam and the Tooth Fairy or some shit -Roman gets up and walks around and soliloquies around for a while -Rock kinda halfway gets a comeback and slams Roman through an announce table -Ref gets knocked down -Rock hits finishers and counts but the ref is knocked down!!!!!! -Jimmy and Solo interfere in hoodies-Spear, Roman wins -Heel world champion retains through 4th straight Wrestlemania main event
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Post by J is Justice on Feb 3, 2024 10:29:58 GMT -5
The Rock one minute into the match:
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Post by DichEvans on Feb 3, 2024 13:32:39 GMT -5
No worries, he's training at the Shane McMahon Cardio Academy. Unironically, Shane may have been the most athletic 50+ year old wrestler. He did a shooting star press. However, like everyone else I listed above, he also got seriously injured in his match last year and it was a disaster.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Feb 3, 2024 13:35:57 GMT -5
The Rock one minute into the match: you're high as hell if you think he can run the ropes that fast
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Feb 3, 2024 14:58:25 GMT -5
I don't know if it'll be a mat classic, but Steve Austin had a perfectly enjoyable match that was 14 minutes just two years ago. There's no real reason why, with plenty of time to prepare, they can't choreograph a serviceable match that is elevated by the occasion. Austin isn’t in shape to wrestle a full schedule or anything but going by his Instagram, he still takes care of himself and is in great shape for a guy his age. Rocky is just built to be as big and impressive-looking as possible which is great for the movies but we saw how it played out in the ring over a decade ago. They could find a way to make it work, sure…but it’s a much different animal than the Austin match. There was also the match at Jerryworld which was very brawl friendly and which had no spots which really tested the knees of Austin. It was right in both dudes wheelhouses. The match between Roman and Rock is a very different animal, and Rock is going to need cardio and to take bumps for the match to work. Hell, the strength of Rock in his prime was that he would let his opponents get lots of shit in and dude had a pretty large gas tank. If he no longer has the latter and has no cardio, he can't do the former for his match with Roman.
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Post by Woo on Feb 3, 2024 15:13:13 GMT -5
He can't. It'll be smoke and mirrors and the fans will boo the shit out of it.
It's always been amusing just how readily the fans have always been to boo Rock. Even when he was one of the top babyfaces he was never *the* babyface. He got booed against Austin, Hogan and even Brock. I think he'll be booed against Reigns too, of that don't both get booed.
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Post by crowley1986 on Feb 3, 2024 15:17:46 GMT -5
it will be like Hogan v Rock at Mania 18, where the Rock will be in the Hogan role
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 3, 2024 15:22:41 GMT -5
I just hope Solo comes out in his "sneaky disguise" hoodie again.
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Post by Renslayer on Feb 3, 2024 17:21:41 GMT -5
Roman can get a good match out of him
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Feb 3, 2024 17:24:50 GMT -5
Roman can get a good match out of him Not if Dwayne is gassed a few moves in.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Feb 3, 2024 17:35:44 GMT -5
Broken Matt Hardy appears before the match starts and transports both men to the Hardy Compound. Hilarity ensues.
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